VZCZCXRO1701
OO RUEHTRO
DE RUEHSJ #0702 2421241
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 291241Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE
TO RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI IMMEDIATE
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0055
RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS SAN JOSE 000702
INFO AMEMBASSY TBILISI IMMEDIATE
USMISSION USOSCE IMMEDIATE
USMISSION USNATO IMMEDIATE
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: UNSC PREL
SUBJECT: TFGG01 - GEORGIA - URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST ON
POSSIBLE UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
REF: A. SECSTATE 92371
B. BRENNAN-BEAL TELCON 8-28-08
1. (SBU) As conveyed via Ref Telcon, DCM spoke with Costa
Rica MFA Chief of Staff Antonio Alarcon early morning on
August 28, ad after consulting with FM Stagno, Alarcon
confimed that Costa Rica would stand with US and
rejec/condemn Russia's decision to recognize the de facto
governments of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and demand that
Russia revoke its recognition and comply with the Ceasefire
Agreement.
2. (SBU) FM Bruno Stagno later conveyed the same assurances
directly to visiting IO A/S Brian Hook.
3. MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
CIANCHETTE